Saskatoon Daily Star from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada • 22

.77 THE SASKATOON PATLY STAR. TUESDAY JULY 31. 1917 AUTOMOBILE PRICES ARE STANDARDISED BY MANUFACTURERS MAY BE COOKED' BY GOOD ROADS SLOGAN Of THE SASKATCHEWAN 4 it K42R Four Cylinder Car Leads the Low Price Field and $1,000 is Minimum For First Quality In This Class Plana May Soon Be Submitted to United States War Department League Has Jumped From Embryonic Stage Into State of Extensive Improvement In Few Months Organizer Betts Scoots All Over Northern Portion of Province Welding Motorists Into One Great Unit For Better Highways Probably the most important development of the automobile industry during the past few years has been the gradual defining of price classifications among those manufacturers turning out a large volume of ears annually. It hits bcn fairly well settled that the four cylinder car is destined to lead in the lowest priced fields, the sixes, eights and twelves have their markets almost as sharply defined. Because the $1,000 field offers the manufacturer an opportunity to incorporate improved features of construction with quantify of production the future of ears selling near that price is now well assured.

By purchasing a ear cheaper than this price the pu -chaser must realise that he cannot expect his ear to stand up to the wear and tear that a more expensive ear will. Purchasers of ears in the $1,000 class are chiefly recruited from owners of cheaper ears. Constant Evolution s. B. BIEHN Distributor in Northorn Sa.katche-w.n for Brioooo and Poiflo Coro.

1 AUTOMOBILISTS GOOD ROADS BOOSTERS COME TO THE SASKATOON mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmammmBm EXHIBITION she visited her family. But never once (to the best of my memory) in that time did she take the trip on the electrics. Another interesting thing about this disease 1s that the Invalids never fee! the same way about having their friends travel in the electrics. Abner Poble, inventor of the Dabl team power plant for motor driven vehicles, hopes soon to be able to submit to the war department a plan for cooking by steam the rations ol -oldlers in tha field and on the march, I Briefly stated. Mr.

Pobie- is working! on a twrf and a half ton truck with Doble steam power equipment and steam kitchen range attachment de- signed as a single, self-propelling unit. The field ranges now used by the 1 army consist of a sheet iron boiling plate set up over a small trench and on this the kettles are placed. At the end of a march the trenches must be dug, the ranges set up and the tired soldiers are obliged to rustle for wood which is used for fuel. With I this equipment no other kind of fuel is practical. i Several reasons lead Mr.

Dob! to believe that he can greatly improve) on this system, facilitate tha work of, the camp coks and promote the com fort and the health of the men by an adaptation of his steam power plant) Inventions. One Is the fact that the heat units of a Doble steam driven pleasure car are 20 times greater' than the number required to cook food for a company, or 15 men. The design for the Doble V. 8. army field kitchen unit ia not yet1 completed.

It may be worked out so that the steam for cooking purpose Is drawn from the generator used in propelling the truck, or there may be i a separate combustion chamber un- der the kettles which will work on the general Doble principles of automatic electMc Ignition and forced The automobile industry has been passing through a constant They are always saying, "Why d.m't ptage of evolution during the past ten years and during that time you come out often? when coming thousands of cars have been turned out and lessons learned. The majority of ears now on the roads are undoubtedly the product of the past four years. Eaclf yeur thousands of cars are re-j legated to the scrap heap. Briefly the most difficult problems facing the manufacturer are what, kind of ear or ears to build, at what prices and how out mean a trip that they would never think of taking. It la a very Insidious disease, attacks even people Who have It I no July 31 Aug.

1-2-3-4 machines. I know, for the more iaanyf Due to the rapid development in the engineering end of ride in my friend machines the ienhe bUiiesg changes in the automobile industry have been kaleid- XTi'must use that one -time Wend oseopic. Severity of competition and caprices of public demand and favorite, the trolley. I dont mind Shanks mare. I am not' that far gone with "automobilitis, but I do resent this waiting for cars and changing, etc.

And yet it is really no harder than in the old days. I suspect automo-bilitls" (like some other itises) is lust a state of mind. And rather a foolish one when you look at It squarely. Driving in warm weather imposes a different set of conditions on the car than those which exist In winter. brackets, or anywhere else.

Squirt It In with plenty of force, and you will probably stop It. A WELCOME AWAITS YOU Working with the slogan Good Hoads for Saskatchewan, thhe Saskatchewan Motor League has jumped from the embryo Btage to a state of extensive development in the northern half of the province within the past few months. This rapid stride has been largely due to the enthusiasm and organising ability of Fred E. Betts, of Saskatoon, official organiser for the league in this part of Saskatchewan. Mr.

Betts has formed no less than thirty-seven flourishing autbmobile clubs round about Saskatoon since he took over the work and has increased the membership of the league in a manner that has been envied by club organisers in all parts of the Dominion of Canada. In his nifty little Scripps-Booth 8-cylinder roadster, Mr. Betts scoots about Northern Saskatchewan, gets motorists inter ested in his proposition and invariably ends upby laying the foundations for live and sure-fire clubs in the country towns. Clubs Organized Following are the clubs that have been organised in the north: Allan, Alsask, Borden, Biggar, Broderick, Conquest, Delisle, Dods-land, Dinsmore, Foam Lake, Govan, Hanley, Harris, 'Hajvarden, Hughton, Kindersley, Kinley, Kerrobert, Kenaston, Langham, Laura, Melfort, Marengo, Nokomis, Perdue, Rosthern, Radisson, Eosetown, Scott, Sheho, Tisdale, Unity, Wynyard, Wilkie, Wat-rous and Young. Farmers and business men alike, and in fact everyone, said Mr.

Betts to The Star, seem to take a keen interest in the movement, which goes to show after all that all that is needed is just to get someone among the people to organise clubs. Our slogan everywhere is Good Roads for Saskatchewan. The government has also taken keen interest in the matter, and is providing sign posts free of charge to the league, for the different clubs throughout the province. It is also providing stencils, so that when the posts are set up at their location, the direction to the towns and the mileage may be immediately stencilled on the posts. The government has also decided to give a uniform post for the whole of Saskatchewan.

ALL SPARK PLUGS FARM TRACTORS ARE The isinglass windows in the side curtains, which are dull and dirty looking, can be cleaned with a vinegar and water solution of about a cup of vinegar to a pint of water. It is wise to clean these, not only for appearance sake, but also for the reason that your safety may depend on being able to see through them. Any of them which are broken should be replaced. There are a great many upholstery compositions on tho market which are very good. These should be used to go over the leather and freshen It.

If this Is not done from time to time, leather upholstery will crack and the car will lose Us bright, new appearance. Porcelain Must be Crack-proof Plug Foul-proof -Breakage May Cost Prize Money New York State Food Supply Commission is Helping Producers The cars should not be expected to perform with the equipment of winter in the summer time. Thu change In conditions affects every part of the car, from the radiator to the rear axle. It affects the radiator because, in all probability a non-freezing solution has been used during the winter, and after tho danger of freezing weather has gone by this should all be drained out. The aooling system should then be flushed out with a solution of washing soda and boiling water.

The way this Is done Is to first drain the radiator, then run through a complete filling of boiling plapi water, after which this la also drained and the cooling system filled with the soda solution. About two heaping hands full of soda bucket of boiling water is sufficient in the cooling system. This not only takes the scale from the radiator but also cleans out any last traces of the cooling solution. The motor is then started and run for a few minutes with the soda solution, Remember that a tire with too must air in its loses all the beenflts of a pneumatic tire, as It makes a hard-riding car and shakes the mechanism too much, shortening its life. There is but little danger of exploding the tire as air pressure systems rarely run above 125 pounds.

The onfy disadvantage of a hard tire Is its bad effect on car and occupants. Occasionally the Interrupter becomes loose, and It Is important that the beginner should learn to set it-The trouble 1 shown by the fact that the engine will not start when crank Repairing a Jackshaft Drive SASKATOON AUTOMOBILE CLUB LTD, Officers: Hon. President R. W. CASWELL President SHERIFF CALDER Vice President-W.

O. MULOCK Executive Committee: For Road Work Provision by which 80 percent of the fees paid by motor owners for licenses is returned to the municipalities to be expended on road improvements has also been made by the government. This will amount to approximately $24,000 this year. This is a demonstration of what 1 said about the government being keenly interested in the organisation. Mr.

Betts says he will never rest until he has the northern part of this province permeated with good roads from the Manitoba to Alberta boundaries. Fred was president of the Pilgrims hockey team here last winter and chief booster in the league. He was able to induce record crowds to come out for the games and brought through a winning team. He has the elocutionary qualifications necessary in an organiser. Fred, said Secretary McDonald of the Motor League recently, is acceded to be the peer of organisers in Saskatchewan since last winter.

The Saskatchewan Motor League made au excellent choice so far as an organiser goes. DIRECTORS (By Good Lurk, Granite City, 111., in "Motor) Perhaps the most important emergency repair 1 ever made on tho open road in order safely to operate my car, was the temporary cobbling together of the Jackshaft drive on a Metz, which employs a friction drive through two chain to the rear wheels. It occurred last November, and 1 had left Evansville, at noon, expecting to make 8t. Louie, early the next morning, a distance of 245 miles. About ten o'clock that night I reached the oil field section of Illinois, a very hilly country.

At this point one of the drive chains broke and was lost overboard. With the H. R. Cottingham O. R.

Richmond A. A. Syman J. A. Cooper H.tL.

Martin C. Tanner TunnicMe T. W. Caldwell W. H.

Lawrence ABERDEEN A. R. Reynolds DELISLE E. J. Shaver, At the recent Chicago War Cause Derby, the leader won by a margin of 26 seconds.

A change of tire, fouling of spark plugs, may cost two or three thousand dollars In prize money. During a race a spark plug works under an Inconceivable strain. It Is located In a super-healed furnace. 'The porcelain must be crack-proof, the plug must be foul-proof. That A-C- plugs made by the Champion Ignition Company, are reaching closer and closer to perfection Is evidenced by this year's results on the speedways of the country.

At the opening race of 1917, at Uji-iontown, Billy Taylor, driving an A-C equipped Stutx, won the Universal Trophy Race and with It the $10,000.00 Carl Laemule cup. Taylor's time for the 1121 miles was 89. per miles per hour. T. P.

Fetterman, driving an A-C equipped Peerless, won the dealers' race at a speed of 82.5 miles per hour. At Cincinnati, on Memorial Day, Vail in an A-C equipped Hudson Super-Six won second, Rodgers in an in the big race. Harry Rutbert, driving an A-C equipped Hudson Super Six, won the free-for-all dealers race. A few days ago, Geo. M.

Pric of Seattle, In an A-C equipped Paige Roadster, broke the 167 mile road record between Seattle and Vancouver by covering the distance in 8 hours 42 minutes actual running time. The previous record was held by Harry Austin, made in Oakland; time, 4 1 hours 57 minutes. Mr. Price cut this record 1 hour 21 minutes actual time consumed on the road and by ous- toms officials, being 4 hours 1)6 minutes. His actual road running time was 48.8 miles per hour.

A-C equipped Maxwreli third ed, but give only one or two exptoiUl4 of an ol lamp from' the ide of inns. Where an engine has been run- car flnHlly found the chaln, otlly nlng properly and the trouble suddenly develops Inspect the Interrupter to discover that there were no repair links in the tool box. However, THE AUTOMOBILE BUG Have the above emblem put on yonr car by applying to any of the above officers or executive for membership and help the good roads movement. i ALBAN N. July York state is giving a practical demonstration of how to co-operate In re Intensive agriculture and food conservation' connected with the war.

The state has a commission known as the New York State Pood Supply Commission. This commission purchased forty-one farm tractors, thirty-six of which have already been permanently louned to responsible organizations throughout the entire state. The state purchased these machines with three objects In mind: 1 To increase the prop production throughout the state. 2 To prove the feasibility of the plan of aiding agriculture in this way. 2 To ascertain the adaptability of the tractors to the various sections of the state, The plan of the 'food commission for loaning these tractors to different organizations is as follows; The commission will loan a machine to any organization of responsible farmers provided they will agree to all conditions Imposed by the commission.

The commission makes a charge of 1160 for a two-plow outfit, and 1176 for a three-plow outfit, covering Its use up to Dec. 1, 1917. This charge is supposed to cover mechanical depreciation only. Farmer organizations receiving such a machine must hire a competent operator, purchase all fuel and oil, make all necessary repairs, and then charge the farmers for whom Hioy plow so much per acre or per hour to cover the expense of the operation. The New York State Food Supply Commission has gone further In that It has purchased three power ditching machines to be used throughout the state'.

A still further exAmple of the war activity of this commission Is the purchase of power potato spraying machines, to be rented to farmeis now raising potatoes in greater quantities than formerly, but In sueh quantities as not to warrant purchasing a machine of this type. Do you know anyone who has the automobile bug? No, I dont mean the mania to possess one of these luxury-necessities. The kind of automobile bug I mean Is first cousin to the book worm. Perhaps automobilitis would be a leas confusing name for this disease. A neighbor of mine was asked the other day why she didnt go to the meeting of a society to which she has long belonged.

Well, you know our car was out of order." she explained. The Car Was Out ef Order' That Ssttled It. Tha meeting was in a home which mr neighbor can reach from her home by electrics In three-quarters of an hour. She acquired a car two years ago. Previous to that time she was In the habit of attending meetings that required anywhere from half hour to an hour and halfs trip on the electrfcs.

She thought nothing of It like the rest of us.1 But now that she has a car It baa come to seem Impossible to her that she should use any other means of con voyanoe. If the car Is out of order, that settles It. She can't go. To Be 8ure She Had Small Children, But Evan So I know a young married woman who lived for three years about an hours ride on the electrics from her mother's home. Her husband had a machine and when he could take her I managed a temporary repair, using as rivet a nail filched from a small bridge nearby.

This Job served well enough until I struck several milt of low river bottom, which was ex- tremely heavy from a fine rain that hud been falling since early evening. Just after passing over a creek on a loose plank bridge, the car came to a hall, the engine continuing to run; tho chain had broken again and dropped off somewhere along the road. This allowed the power to escape through the Idle side of the Jackshaft, upon which the differential Is located. I spent more than an hour searching for the chain with the help of the oil side lamp, but vainly it was loot forever. Probably It had slipped through the planks of the bridge and was at the bottom of the Creek.

I was now seven miles from the small village of Clay City, where help was Improbable, and thirty-one miles from Flora, a town of some fifteen hundred people. Decidedly It was "up to me. I started the engine to see If one chain would not pull the car; It would not. Then I noticed that the sprocket wheel on tho Jack-shaft revolved when the friction drive was applied and It struck me that If 1 could anchor this wheel and keep It from going around 1 might gel somewhere. l' 'borrowed' about ten feet of wire from a neighboring farmers fence and wired the sprocket wheel to the fiame tn sueh a way that it could not inovs.

Then I applied the frtc-tlon drive and discovered to my delight that the single chain was aids lo move tha car, though at a pace comparable to a snails progress. Eventually I reached the town of Flora and zecured a new chain which cam on by a morning train, and 1 reached St. Lout Just twelve hours late. COST OF UPKEEP BIO COSIDERATION OF AUTO The cost of upkeep of an Is the greatest consideration. averages from two to seven mile, One gallon of gasoline carry a car from 26 to 80 miles, one gallon of lubrication oil for 1,000 miles of running.

The on moderate priced cars, from repairs is thus about flv per mile. The most ecoromlcal for running ta between fifteen twenty tnllee an hour. MOTOR FIRST At thta time of the year thousands of people are trips north, south, east and Complete Overhauling and "General Repair Work i I By Expert and Efficient Mechanics We can give you prompt and efficient servieeon all makes of cars and guarantee satisfaction. We carry a full line of Automobile Accessories, See us for Gray Davis Starters. Guaranteed Service.

30 3 1-2 Inch Tires, $17.50 Shock Absorbers, Line Radius Rods, Speedometers, Chains, etc, for your Ford Car. The Franklin Garage Third Avenue, opp. City HalL BRAZIER HENDERSON, Local Agents. Phone 2762 Also Agents for Firestone Tires IS OWNERS A Eeramauf CiaiM DDfSimiMsmiM We want every live motor dealer, farm implement dealer and farmer in this district to be at our demonstration Immediately. A well tuned car la when all parts of which are In the advan lageous relationships.

On the other hand the mechanism of an untuned car may be structurally fintact and potently In an operative condition, but Its various function may be so disorganized that Us performance almost nil. Among the attentions Included in the tunning up process may be men tioned the following: The adjust ment of the carburetor to give at all ttmeVthe best operative results. NothtnJtvniakes so much difference In performance as this. Tho adjustment of the ignition system so as to absolutely eliminate misfires and to secure the most advantageous spark timing. The correction of all gas leaks In cylinders and Intake, by perfectly seated valves, well fitted piston rings and tight gaskets.

The furnishing of moving parts with unfailing lubrication, of the most effective character, from the best adapted lubricants. A blow-out Is not always the owner's fault. Very ofprn a blowout is directly- due to a large puncture. There Is no dividing line between the blow-out and the puncture. Without an audible sound from the tire due 1 to the fact that It has been penetrated by some outside agent, It results in what is known as a puncture.

On the other hand, if the air escapes with, a rapid explosion, whistle or hiss, It la called a blow-out. Great care should be exercised In driving over places where glass may have been strewn. It ta the duty of every motorist also to -report any person who throws glues or bottles into the street. This la agnlnst the law in practically every city, and It Is a law which was made in the Interest of motorists and which motorists should aid In enforcing, A squeak is one of the most annoy-ling and most elusive trouble to which a car Is subject. Vsually It Is located in the spring, and so they must be oiiyd.

Jack up the frame, taking the load off th spring fry th leaves apart and apply graphite grease by means of a knife or thin sthk, as most of (he squeak torn at the tip of the springs. This treatment usually stop the rioUs. llut squeaks do not always com from I he Hjrlngs. After spending enough time on (hem, lake ntun and squint wherever two metal surface come together Hood and WHEN YOU GET YOUR NEW OAR At the Fair Grounds and see AVTOTOP THE automobile It cents a will and will laet average apart cents speed and tens of planning west, to and from every part of our vast domain, and their first thought la, Can the trip be made by motor? "Is It possible, even if likely to be uncomfortable If the trip they propose offer th least possibility of succeseful completion they will start It and In ntn cases out of ten finish It, even under the dif.tcuHle which are now presented to the tohrtet endeavoring to "see Canada, by traveling about free from the shackles of railroad time tablet and the rwrtrlqUng frame of the parlor car window, The point Is that the average motorist, when planning a trip, thinks first of his motor car a a a mesne of locomotion. If motor transportation 1 out of the question due to road conditions he turn to theVallmad or steamship lines, but th motor first I SMITH FDRM-fl-TRflCTOR $375 Auto Tops Re: covered and Repaired Auto Bodies Repainted and made good as new.

Satisfaetion Road the Instruction book carefully Familiarize yourself with the mechanism. Study the lubrication system In detail; use good lubricants freely. -Pee that all moving parts are properly supplied with lubricant. Do not exceed IS miles per hour for first 600 miles. Da not race the motor and do not allow It to labor.

Change motor oil after 200 mile and thereafter every 600 miles. Turn up grease cups dally; refill when Watch lubrlcaiion of steering ys-t( universal, etc, dally. Apply brakes progressively and start and stop slowly. Add distilled water to bslfery twice each month; keep battery terminals clean. Examine tlrea fr cuts and misalignment every 15 miles.

Avoid strong soaps in cleaning the car. Keep th mechanism clean; wash underneath, 1eafn to remove rln.s, opetale top. etc. Try these things. Btudy the car, ta part their ope-ration and car BOLIVIA GETS BUG.

Bolivia. South America, tha country of Andean height torrid valleys snd reeling plateau a South American Switzerland that perhaps never will be liberally provided with hotels for tounngha a total of 161 automobiles within Its confines. And almost all of three machines have been brought Into the country wince 1916. Used with Ford Car and Two-Ilottom lAInch Gang Blow ork Pour Horses ull information at our Exhibit i xmoit tu Automobile Hall, Smith Motor Truck Sale i Bu. cf CmlMoa Bldr.

aleS Lo Ltd. Thou 2068 AVOID ALLIGATOR WRENCHES Saskatoon Childrens Carriage Co. Comer Teeth, and Broadway, Nutana Phone 1323 Alligator french" should never 1 used around an automobile The expert mechanics wrench ta a rough steal wrench with the length scientifically proportioned to the sle of hut for which It Is Intended, i un or dap, fenders, running board, v'.